Contemporary Plein Air artist Frank M. Serrano was born in Los Angeles on November 29, 1967. He developed an early interest in art and nature, studying throughout his school days, but is largely self-taught. His natural talent eventually gained him a lucrative career as a freelance commercial artist. After his success in the commercial sector, in the early 1990s Serrano decided to pursue his passion for traditional oil painting and has since developed a strong following of admirers, both nationally and internationally.
Serrano, an avid outdoorsman, is recognized for his keen sense of atmospheric observation and ability to spontaneously interpret his personal connection with nature onto canvas. In 2003 he completed writing and illustrating the book, Plein Air Painting in Oil, published by the Walter Foster Company, which serves as a handbook to budding plein air artists and collectors of this genre of landscape painting. Starting from August 2006 Serrano serves as plein air painting consultant for Walt Disney Studios.
Serrano travels widely throughout North America painting scenes from the desert southwest to the beautiful high country vistas of the Canadian Rockies. A hallmark of Serrano’s work is his unique talent for capturing the hazy atmosphere characteristic of the west. Serrano credits early landscape artist Sam Hyde Harris as a major influence in his work. Although the majority of Serrano’s painting is done on location a la prima, he also works in his studio creating larger paintings from his outdoor sketches. He believes the only way to learn to paint is from life.
Frank M. Serrano is an Artist Member of the California Art Club and a former Chairman of the Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
Plein Air Painter Frank Serrano Landscape Painting
By Frank Serrano
Located in Rockport, MA
This painting by Frank Serrano shows a peaceful Western scene with a wagon and a horse grazing in a golden field. The sky is filled with soft clouds, giving the painting a calm and o...
Oil
Emile Albert Gruppe “Winter - Gloucester MA”
By Emile Albert Gruppe
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978) "Winter - Gloucester, Mass" Oil on canvas Signed "Emile A. Gruppe" (lower right) Canvas: 20 x 24 Inchesinches Framed: 27 x 31 inches Prove...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 25 in W 31 in D 2 in
Horse at the Golden Hills, California , Impressionist California landscaper.
By Lynn Gertenbach
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Lynn Gertenbach's "Ride at Golden Hills" is a remarkable oil painting that captures a serene moment of a lady riding a horse under a tree, surrounded by lush grass and vibrant scener...
Oil
$37,500
H 32 in W 32 in D 1.25 in
“Palm Trees Along Florida Coast, c. 1940” Jane Peterson Impressionist Palm Beach
By Jane Peterson
Located in Yardley, PA
A wonderful example of Peterson’s views of the Florida Coast during her winter trips down south. Painted during Peterson’s mature period, this lively work underscores the energy of ...
Oil, Canvas
Autumn Pasture
By Carl Gustaf Theodore Olson
Located in North Clarendon, VT
A beautiful oil on board of an Autumn Pasture by the talented Carl G. T. Olson. From the estate of the artist to his son, then to his grandchildren and from them to us. 18" x 22" u f...
Oil
$895
H 15 in W 19 in D 2 in
Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape Painting, ca 1930’s Listed Artist
Located in Baltimore, MD
This American Impressionist painting is by listed artist Bernhard Safford Good. The artist was born in England in 1893. He came to Canada in 1910, moving west to Manitoba to work on...
Oil
$1,250
H 25 in W 21 in D 2 in
American Impressionist Landscape - Listed Pennsylvania artist Ira Deen, ca 1930s
Located in Baltimore, MD
A dramatic landscape by well-listed Pennsylvania artist Ira Deen. This is one of the largest and most lively of his works that I have ever seen. The scene depicts a late summer/early...
Oil
In the Edge of the Great Shadow
By Carl Gustaf Theodore Olson
Located in North Clarendon, VT
A beautiful oil on board of the sun setting in the mountains c. 1930 by the talented Carl G. T. Olson. From the estate of the artist. Housed in a period arts and crafts carved frame....
Oil
Sunday Sunrise, Vermont
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Wonderful little oil on board by Pennsylvania artist Roy Blankenship, Sunrise in Vermont 1971. 3" x 3.75", monogram lower right, signed, titled, dated on reverse. Born in 1943 in P...
Oil
$1,250
H 17.5 in W 20 in D 2.5 in
Brian Blood 'Monterey Bay' Plein Air California Impressionist Seascape Painting
By Brian Blood
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brian Blood (American, b. 1962) Monterey Bay, 2000 Oil on canvas board Signed lower right: BB signed, dated, and titled verso: Brian Blood, 2000 Monterey Bay 9in H x 12in L In a silvered gilt frame with linen mat and moulding: 17 1/4in H x 20in L Brian Blood is a resident of Pebble Beach, California. He began his professional life as a graphic artist and art director in Boston, Massachusetts. He then came to California to attend the Academy of Art College in San Francisco for both undergraduate and graduate studies. In 2003, Blood and his artist wife, Laurie Kersey...
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
H 23 in W 27 in D 3 in
Melting Snow in Ploughed Field. American Impressionist Painting Winter Scene.
By William Horton
Located in Marco Island, FL
A lovely little Impressionist landscape of Melting Snow in a Ploughed Field, painted by William Samuel Horton (1856-1936). William Horton, primarily a landscape painter, lived and...
Oil, Canvas
$5,950
H 19 in W 23 in D 1 in
“Untitled (Low Country Home)” American Impressionist Spanish Moss South Carolina
Located in Yardley, PA
An exceptional work by George Waller Parker (1888-1957) of a home in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Perhaps the best example of Parker’s work to be offered in recent decades, this w...
Oil, Board
$42,000
H 24 in W 20 in
Winter Street, 20th Century American Impressionist New York City Scene
By Guy Wiggins
Located in Marco Island, FL
Guy Wiggins captures the visual poetry of New York City in winter in this vibrant oil on canvas. It work is a quintessential example of his most celebrated subject. A blizzard sweep...
Canvas, Oil
Carson Peak; Sierra Nevada
By Frank Serrano
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance 2024 Consigned to American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California; 2005 Private Collector Encino, California; 2005 Ota House, Mari...
Canvas, Oil
Coastal Rocks; Laguna Beach, California
By Frank Serrano
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description: Created en plein air in Laguna Beach January 6, 2005, American Legacy Fine Arts (ALFA) acquired the paintin...
Linen, Oil, Panel